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I always wanted to try to “dress up” bike in woolen outfit. I was recently offered the excellent opportunity to do it. Charity organization “WorldGranny” from Amsterdam organized an event for the International Day of Older Persons (October 2nd ): conference, debate and bike auction.
Bicycles, previously purchased by this organization, has been given equal kind of artists to decorate them: “pimp up”. These bikes will be auctioned off and the proceeds will be donated to the WorldGranny’s activities.
“Dress-up” bike turned out to be an interesting challenge. This is not a difficult thing but intensive labor and requires a lot of patience. It should demonstrate the precision in measuring the individual elements. It is good to make a plan, drawing, or a list of those items. The all pieces of “clothing” need to be described or numbered to not replace anything.. Most of the items are simple geometric shapes but similar to each other and can easily be confused. The biggest challenge was the saddle, rear wheel cover, and the hardest: chain guard.
From the beginning, I decided to crochet hook as a tool : it is faster and – more importantly in this case – it’s easy to form different shapes when crocheting. Also crocheting can be a bit of a splurge: to make frill or a flower quickly and easily.

I worked on the bike for two weeks and I have to admit that the effect is worth it. I’m satisfied with that work. I hope that the auction is successful and my crochet granny bike will provide a nice sum of money for WorldGranny activity.

WorldGranny is a non-profit organization that aims to empower older people, particularly older women, and to the elimination of (extreme) poverty.WorldGranny contributes to improving the lives of older people, their families and communities in developing countries. In the Netherlands WorldGranny to raise awareness about the situation of older people in developing countries and it raises funds to support projects in these countries.